[Libguestfs] FYI: 'oldlinux' branch created

From: "Richard W.M. Jones" <rjones redhat com>

To: libguestfs redhat com

Subject: [Libguestfs] FYI: 'oldlinux' branch created

Date: Mon, 18 Jun 2012 15:26:16 +0100

I've created an "oldlinux" branch in github:
https://github.com/libguestfs/libguestfs/commits/oldlinux
The idea of this branch is that it contains patches to make libguestfs
work on older versions of Linux that:
- *don't* have virtio-serial in qemu/kernel
- have ancient autotools
Specifically we're targeting RHEL 5 (ca. 2007) and not anything older.
This branch is fairly brutal: for example it completely deletes some
bindings that I didn't try very hard to get working.
Notes:
(1) This branch is not fast-forward. I will rewrite history at will,
particularly as I move patches upstream and rebase the branch against
the head.
(2) I will try to cherry pick patches that make general sense upstream
in order to keep the oldlinux branch as close as possible to the
development (master) branch.
Rich.
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